Dehiscent Fruits 



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the ventral suture, or by the dorsal suture, or by both. Again, 

 in some cases the walls of the loculi split open, leaving the 

 septa attached to them, as in the Lily and Iris ; the dehiscence 

 is then said to be loculicidal. It is sepiicidal when the fruit 

 breaks up into its separate carpels, the dehiscence taking place 



Fig. 263. — Legume of Pea split 

 lengthwise : e ^ outer, EN inner 

 layer of the pericarp ; L, placenta ; 

 Fig. 261.— Septifragal capsule of Datura. ¥, funiculus; o, seed. 



Fig. 262.— Capsule or pyxis 

 cAPlantago, withcircum- 

 scissile dehiscence. 



Fig. 264. — Fruit of Illictwn or Star- 

 Anise, consisting of a number of 

 follicles. 



down the septa themselves, as in the Rhododendron and Col- 

 chicum ; and it is septifragal when, the carpels opening by their 

 dorsal sutures, the dissepiments separate from the valves, being 

 still attached in the centre, as in the Thorn-apple (see figs. 

 260 and 261). 



Some forms of capsules have received special names. A 



